Re: [ST] Breaking the chain

["David W. Funk" <david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Motion Pro Chain breaker tool that does say 530 chains, they make 
several kinds.

I do have a question about using the chain breaker.
I use a dremel to cut off the head of the pin. Then I use the tool to push the 
pin. All is well until the end. The tool runs out of threads, the pin is out of the 
chain. But the tool is stuck. The pin is on the far side off the far chain plate.
I had to use the dremel again to cut the pin.
This seams wrong. What am I doing wrong?
How should I be using the tool?
I just did this yesterday.

David W. Funk


On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:26:45 -0400, Steve Lawler wrote:

>In a previous email, Jack Hays stated:
>> Does nobody use these but me? Why grind?
>
>IIRC The directions for my Motion Pro Chain Tool say that it should not 
>be used to break 530 or above chains. I believe it was Bil that bent his 
>pin trying to break the chain. Besides, I own an angle grinder as well 
>as a Dremel tool, so I have no need to by a chain breaker. And if worse 
>came to worse I would just grab one of my bolt cutters and snip the dang 
>thing.
>
>-- 
>Steve Lawler
>Verona, NJ, USA



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